misrepresenting
虚偽の説明
解説 Definition
misrepresenting は misrepresent（不正確に伝える、虚偽の説明をする）の現在分詞・動名詞です。事実や意見を実際とは違う形で示すことを表し、意図的な場合にも不注意な場合にも使われます。
Misrepresenting is the act or process of presenting a fact, person, statement, or situation inaccurately or misleadingly. It may describe deliberate deception or an inaccurate account caused by carelessness or misunderstanding.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 misrepresent「実際と違って示す」に -ing をそのまま加えた現在分詞・動名詞で、子音の重複や脱落はありません。発音も末尾が /-zent/ から /-zentɪŋ/ へ続きます。misrepresenting the facts/data の形で「事実・データを不正確に伝える」と覚えます。
Start with the base verb misrepresent: mis- means “wrongly,” while represent means “present or describe.” Misrepresenting is formed simply by adding -ing; no letter is dropped or doubled. It can function as a participle, as in “a report misrepresenting the results,” or as a gerund naming the action, as in “Misrepresenting data is harmful.” Remember common objects such as facts, evidence, results, experience, and someone’s views. The word does not always prove deliberate lying, because the inaccuracy may also result from carelessness.
例文
The report was criticized for misrepresenting the survey results.
その報告書は、調査結果を不正確に伝えているとして批判されました。
She denied misrepresenting her experience on the application.
彼女は申請書で自分の経験を偽って説明したことを否定しました。
Misrepresenting the data can lead readers to the wrong conclusion.
データを誤って示すと、読者を間違った結論へ導くことがあります。
misrepresenting の類義語・関連語
misrepresenting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
misrepresenting は mis-「誤って」+ represent「表す・述べる」+ -ing から成り、represent はラテン語 repraesentare「目の前に示す」に由来します。present や representation と同系で、「本来の姿を誤って示す」ことから虚偽の説明という意味になります。
Misrepresenting consists of mis-, meaning “wrongly or badly,” represent, and the participial or gerund suffix -ing. Represent entered English through French from Latin repraesentare, meaning “to present, display, or make present.” Its elements are re- and praesentare, related to present. Adding mis- changes the idea from presenting something to presenting it in an inaccurate or misleading form.
同じレベルの英単語をもっと
外部辞書で調べる
この単語を英単語クイズで覚えよう